LED replacements for halogen downlights, delivering an efficiency improvement of 90%.

Sustainable heating and cooling

Zoos Victoria aims to deliver the best in animal husbandry and welfare.

Having animals in our collection who naturally inhabit different climates to Victoria can present challenges, especially when housed in open exhibits.

We are committed to finding efficient means of providing heating and cooling to the animals we house. This achieves both environmental outcomes and appropriate climate and humidity control for many species in our care.

Some examples include:

Infrared technology heating for Elephant barns

Double glazing of the roof structure at our Butterfly House

Heat pump hot water systems

Installation of ceilings around exhibits

Sustainable IT

Zoos Victoria has replaced all of our older CRT computer screens with more energy efficient LCD screens. The newer LCD screens have energy-saving features built into them.

Gradually replacing our computers with more energy efficient models will help us to save about half of the power used in conventional computers.